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pun Meaning in Japanese (pun 英語 意味)

noun駄洒落
verb駄洒落を言う
駄洒落 in English:pun
IPA:dad͡ʑaɾe
Phonetic:だじゃれ
Quick Answer • 要約

pun の日本語の意味は「駄洒落, 駄洒落を言う」です。 (複数の意味を持つ言葉や、似た響きの言葉を用いて、機知に富んだ効果を生み出す言葉遊び。)

Definitions of Pun

  1. 1
    noun
    駄洒落

    A pun is a humorous use of a word or phrase that has multiple meanings or that sounds similar to another word, creating a witty effect.

    複数の意味を持つ言葉や、似た響きの言葉を用いて、機知に富んだ効果を生み出す言葉遊び。

  2. 2
    verb
    駄洒落を言う

    To pun means to make a joke by exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

    言葉の異なる意味や、似た響きの言葉の存在を利用して、冗談を言うこと。

Example Sentences

“The headline was a clever pun on the politician's name.”

その見出しは、その政治家の名前をもじった巧妙な駄洒落だった。

“He couldn't resist making a pun about the baker's dough.”

彼はパン屋の生地 について駄洒落を言わずにはいられなかった。

“To pun effectively requires a good grasp of language.”

効果的な駄洒落を言うには、言語に対する深い理解が必要だ。

Synonyms (類語)

In Japanese:

しゃれ言葉遊び

In English:

wordplayquipdouble entendre

Antonyms (対義語)

In English:

literal statementplain language

Inflected Word Forms

past tensepunned
present participlepunning
agent nounpunster

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

no pun intendedexpression

Used to indicate that a pun or play on words was unintentional, or to acknowledge an obvious pun.